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Title
Authors
Publisher
Year
ISBN
Number of Pages
Textbooks Examined
Textbook 1
Textbook 2
Machine Design, 8th Edition
An Introduction to Mechanical Engineering
Timothy H. Wentzell, P.E
Jonathan Wickert
Thomson Delmar Learning
Thompson Brooks/Cole
2003
2003
140180517-5
0-534-39132-X
518
306
Page Information
Page
Number of
Numbers
Pages
N/A
N/A
Statistical Summary
Total Number of Pages Covered by Text
(Excluding Index): 518
2
Percentage of Pre-Calculus Sections
Number of Pre - Calculus Chapters
100%
% Pre -Calculus
Total Number of Chapters
21
100% 100%
21
100
%
0
%
121
Page Information
Pages with Calculus
Sections with
Skills
Calculus Skills
Page
Number
Page
Number
Numbers
of Pages
Numbers
of Pages
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Statistical Summary
Total Number of Pages Covered by Text
(Excluding Index): 306
Percentage of Pre-Calculus Chapters
Number of Pre - Calculus Chapters
100%
% Pre -Calculus
Total Number of Chapters
Chapters
7
100% 87.5%
8
Percentage of Pre-Calculus Sections
1
100% 12.5%
8
100%
3
Number of Sectionss with Calculus Skills
Number of Pre - Calculus Sectionss
% Calculus
100%
% Pre -Calculu
100%
Total Number of Sections
Sections
47
100% 2.1%
100% 97.9%
48
48
Average Percentage of Calculus Content
Average Percentage of Pre-Calculus Content
% Calculus % Pre -Calculus
% Pre -Calculus % Pre -Calculus
12.5% 2.1%
Chapters
Sections
87.5% 97.9%
Chapters
Sections
%
7.3%
Calculus
% Pre -Calculu
92.7%
2
2
Content
2
2
Content
Total Number of Chapters with Pre-calculus Mathematics
Total Number of Pages with Pre-Calculus Skills Only:
Skills: 7 out of 8
305 out of 306
Total Number of Sections with both Pre-calculus and Calculus
Mathematics Skills: 1 out of 48
Percentage of Pre-Calculus Only Volume:
(2)
(3)
(4)
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This book is intended by the author for students in the first or second years of a college or university program in mechanical
engineering. However, due to lack of sufficient number of topics using both pre-calculus and calculus mathematics skills, this book
is not considered here as vigorous enough for a primary or secondary source of data. This book gives a general overview of
some topics of science and mechanical engineering, such as machine components and tools, forces in structures and fluids,
materials and stresses, thermal and energy systems, motion of machinery, and mechanical design. Some chapters are purely
descriptive and informational in knowledge content, while others involve review of basic physics with scientific principles and
computational formulas.
The mathematics concepts skills needed for understanding the content of the book include pre-calculus as well as beginning
calculus skills.
The physics and chemistry concepts and principles involved in the topics of this book are the very basic ones.
The topics in the book include basic concepts and computational skills usually covered in typical strength of materials, fluid
mechanics, heat transfer, and mechanical design courses, including [stress], [strain], [elastic potential energy], and topics in gear
train design.
For all practical purposes, carefully selected chapters in this book could be used in the Mechanical Design for K12 course, as an
auxiliary textbook for extra reading, in the futuristic K12 Engineering and Technology curriculum.
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incorporation of mechanical design-related knowledge and skills into their previously
developed instructional materials.
References
Committee on K-12 Engineering Education (2009). Engineering in K-12 education:
Understanding the status and improving the prospects. Washington, DC: National
Academy of Engineering and the National Research Council.
Hacker, M. (2011). Private email correspondence, Saturday, January 22, 2011, 4:58:44 PM.
Lewis, T. (2007). Engineering education in schools. International Journal of Engineering
Education, 23(5), 843-852.
Locke, E. (2009a). Proposed model for a streamlined, cohesive, and optimized k-12 STEM
curriculum with a focus on engineering. The Journal of Technology Studies. Volume
XXXV, Number 2, Winter 2009. Retrieved Thursday, February 17, 2011 from
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JOTS/v35/v35n2/pdf/locke.pdf.
Locke, E. (2009b). Report on the achievements of K-12 engineering education in Australia &
its positive referential values for the evolution of a potentially viable K-12 engineering
& technology curriculum in the United States. Unpublished research document.
Smith, P. C., & Wicklein, R. C. (2007). Identifying the essential aspects and related
academic concepts of an engineering design curriculum in secondary technology
education. Unpublished internal research report, NCETE. Retrieved January 30, 2009
from http://ncete.org/flash/publications.php.
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Acknowledgement:
This is to acknowledge the assistance and advice provided by Professor Jose Ramirez, Professor Kamyar
Khashayar, Professor Humberto Gallegos, and Professor Artin Davidian, at the Engineering Department, as
well as Learning Assistance Center Director Maria Elena Yepes, and Instructional Aide Elizabeth Arroyo, at
East Los Angeles College, in supporting the agenda to improve K12 STEAM education in the United States on
the basis of my published Vision Paper.